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Hulu's Official 'Castle Rock' Trailer Shows a Town "Stained with Sin"
After a series of teasers over the past few months and with the first three episodes set to premiere in two weeks, Hulu has released the official trailer for its 10-episode horror-drama anthology series Castle Rock. Spearheaded by J.J Abrams, Stephen King, Sam Shaw, and Dustin Thomason, the project combines elements from a number of King's works[...]
Ryan Sands, Star of Runaways TV Series, Now Draws for the Runaways Comic
Ryan Sands plays Geoffrey Wilder in the Marvel TV adaptation of the Runaways comic book, which airs on Hulu He's rather a standout star of the show — a domineering boss with criminal connections and father of Alex Wilder But as well as being an actor, Sands is also an illustrator. Here are a few examples of his[...]
Here are the 2018 Television Critics Association (TCA) Award Nominations
There are some no-brainer shows and performers listed, and some sad surprises. The ceremony will take place on Saturday August 4th, with Robin Thede hosting. *** PROGRAM OF THE YEAR: The Americans, FX Atlanta, FX The Good Place, NBC The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu Killing Eve, BBC America This Is Us, NBC OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA: The Americans, FX The Crown, Netflix The Good Fight, CBS All Access The Handmaid's[...]
Castle Rock: Shameless's Noel Fisher Moves to Hulu Psychological-Horror Series
Credit Showtime For a town with a reputation like Castle Rock, you'd think people would be fighting to get out — but Shameless's Noel Fisher is joining the cast of Hulu's psychological-horror drama series from J.J Abrams and Stephen King, as well as and creators/executive producers/writers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason. Combining a number of King's works into a[...]
Hulu's Castle Rock Releases Titles, Info on First 4 Episodes
The mists surrounding Hulu's Castle Rock are starting to clear up a bit ahead of the series' July 25th premiere, with the streaming service releasing the titles and additional information for the first four of the series' 10-episode first season. Spearheaded by executive producers J.J Abrams, Stephen King, creators/writers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, the anthology[...]
Fargo's Allison Tolman Moving to Hulu's 'Castle Rock' in Recurring Role
Credit: Chris Large/FX The population of Hulu's Castle Rock has grown by one more, with show creators/executive producers/writers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason revealing at Austin's ATX Television Festival that Fargo's Allison Tolman will have a recurring role as the sister to Melanie Lynskey's Molly Strand. Spearheaded by J.J[...]
Hulu and AwesomenessTV's Horror Series 'Light as a Feather' Announces Cast
Credit: Hulu/AwesomenessTV (Top, L-R: List, Sprayberry, Liberato Ramm / Bottom, L-R: Brown Pham, Rodrigues, Alexus, Tju) If there's one thing that Hulu and AwesomenessTV's upcoming horror series Light as a Feather already has going for it, it's that it doesn't waste time dolling out the names of those set to join the 10-episode, straight-to-series supernatural thriller. Based[...]
Netflix Gives Locke & Key Straight-to-Series Order with New Cast, Director
It director Andy Muschietti's directing duties on the film's sequel make him no longer available to direct; but he will receive an executive producer credit. Reportedly, Hulu executives — including new chief content officer Joel Stillerman and senior vice-president Craig Erwich — wanted to pick up the pilot, but new CEO Randy Freer was not a[...]
NFL Owners' Controversial Decision, Watchmen "Remix", Who's on Twitch, and More [The Weekly Static s01e41]
Presidential Election… and for someone to explain to Kevin Smith that Avengers: Infinity War isn't even the best Marvel Studios film, let alone best super-hero movie of all time. https://youtu.be/6j7aBci69noVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: NFL Owners Take a Knee, Watchmen "Remix", Who's on Twitch and More [The Weekly Static s01e41] (https://youtu.be/6j7aBci69no) Report: WWE's Deal[...]
Hulu Developing 'The House of the Spirits' Series from Isabel Allende Novel
Hulu is developing a television series adaptation of Isabel Allende's critically acclaimed novel The House of the Spirits with FilmNation Entertainment (Arrival), who secured the rights to the book in a competitive situation (and will serve as the studio on the project and Allende executive producing) Specific details on the project are limited; but a[...]
FX, Hulu, and The New York Times All in on Docuseries 'The Weekly'
Credit: Haxorjoe CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL Wikimedia Commons In a mash-up of media's past, present and future, cable network FX and streaming service Hulu are teaming up with The New York Times for The Weekly Produced in conjunction with Red Arrow Studios' Left/Right (This American Life, The Circus), the weekly narrative docuseries will highlight key stories from the[...]
Hulu Renews The Handmaid's Tale for a Third Season
Hulu has announced today that their critically acclaimed series The Handmaid's Tale has been renewed for a third season The series returned last week for season two to record-breaking numbers for the streaming service, doubling the audience over season one It is now the most-viewed series debut on Hulu ever in its first week. The series,[...]
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Now 30-plus years later, Hulu is travelling back to the 1980s with a series adaptation of the Ellis novel Described as a look at the culture of wealthy, decadent youth in Los Angeles, Craig Wright (Greenleaf, Tyrant) will write the series and executive produce with Ellis; with Fox 21 Television Studios producing for the streaming service. Credit: Simon[...]
netflix kyle chandler catch-22
Credit: Netflix A shuffle on both sides of the camera finds Bloodline's Kyle Chandler joining Hulu's limited series adaptation of Joseph Heller's classic novel Catch-22 as Col Cathcart, the role originally intended for George Clooney But it looks to be a drama-free situation for the streaming service: Clooney will still co-direct and executive produce the series, but will[...]
'Handmaids Tale' Author Margaret Atwood Talks Star Wars and Terrorists
Margaret Atwood as earned the right to some strong opinions in her rather successful career as an author.  Perhaps you're familiar with one of her works in particular, "The Handmaid's Tale", which Hulu adapted into an award-winning tv drama series. Editorial credit: Markus Wissmann / Shutterstock.com In a recent interview Variety did with the 78 year old[...]
Hugh Laurie
Hulu may have pulled the plug on the Hugh Laurie-led series Chance, but the British actor — best known in the states as the brilliant and sarcastic Gregory House — won't be roaming far from the streaming service Laurie has signed on for a key role in the upcoming six-part limited series Catch-22 Laurie will[...]
Stormy Speaks; Roseanne Returns; Hulu Passes; MLB Opens and More! [The Weekly Static! s01e33]
Presidential Election (now more than ever) and my own private island-nation. https://youtu.be/EEJLXsvzucwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: [The Weekly Static! s01e33] Stormy Speaks; Roseanne Returns; Hulu Passes; MLB Opens and More! (https://youtu.be/EEJLXsvzucw) Speaking for Delegation of Black Wrestlers, Mark Henry Says Hulk Hogan Can't Come Back to WWE Yet Stormy Daniels Gives 60 Minutes Their Best[...]
Watch: The Handmaid's Tale Season 2 Teaser Trailer from Hulu
It's International Women's Day, and streaming service Hulu decided that meant it was the perfect time to release a teaser for season 2 of The Handmaid's Tale. It's short, as a teaser usually is, but not without all kinds of imagery that'll make viewers concerned for Offred: https://youtu.be/Sg_Gmb0ntfwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Handmaid's Tale[...]
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The Weekly Static is our look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets from an interesting and entertaining perspective. THIS WEEK: Weird Al, Ronda Rousey, M. Night Shyamalan, John Oliver and networks behaving badly.
Castle Rock: Chosen Jacobs of 'It' Joins Hulu's Stephen King Series
Credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com Chosen Jacobs looks to be extending his stay in the Stephen King universe, with the It star set to join the cast of Hulu's Castle Rock from J.J Abrams and King Jacobs has been tapped to play Wendell Deaver, son of death row attorney Henry Deaver (Andre Holland) The streaming service's drama-thriller series combines[...]
Charmed: Shades of Blue's Sarah Jeffery Joins CW Reboot Pilot
Jeffery is also set to star as Daphne in Hulu's feature comedy Daphne & Velma opposite Sarah Gilman as Velma Previous television credits include Disney Channel's Descendants film; Fox's Wayward Pines; and Direct TV's Rogue. Here's how the CW describes the pilot: "This fierce, funny, feminist reboot of the original series centers on three sisters in a[...]
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The Weekly Static is our righteously desperate-yet-endearing look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets from an interesting, unique and entertaining perspective. At least that’s how it reads on paper… let’s see how this goes.